Chapter 20 travel notes

travel notes This time the China Education Improvement Society held its third annual meeting in Nanjing, and I also wanted to see the sights; therefore, those who traveled from Zhejiang to Shanghai, decided to leave on the back of the car of the attendees on July 2nd. Row. a gracious reception July 2nd was the day when members from Zhejiang and Shanghai went to the meeting by car.In such a big station as Shanghai, the addition of dozens of members of the improvement agency may not be able to show any difference; but I feel that it is indeed different. Obviously visible.This was to the left of the refreshment room; there was a crowd, approaching two specially appointed ushers.A piece of yellow pound paper was pasted on the wall, on which was written the characters of flying dragons and snakes: "Second class four yuan A, third class two yuan A." The two waiters began to perform their duties; it was already six forty It's 20 minutes before leaving the car.The first thing a receptionist should do is, of course, buy a bus ticket.Everyone knows how to buy a train ticket, but the two of them have to give them a "preferential treatment" to buy a half-ticket. "Preferential treatment" is really not an easy task!When they implement "preferential treatment", they have to ask everyone for their business card, ticket price, —— and change.They went back and forth between the refreshment room and the ticket office, at least twenty times!They hold a stack of business cards and banknotes and foreign money in their hands; their eyes are always looking ahead, as if they have lost something and are looking for it urgently;After a lot of effort, I actually bought a few tickets and distributed them with business cards.Every time it was distributed, all the candidates rushed forward.When they can't get tickets, there will inevitably be complaints in twos and threes.The two ushers bought tickets, but they didn't care about it.But the clock ticked so fast that I didn't realize it was still five minutes behind seven.At this time, there were still many people who hadn't bought the tickets, and everyone was anxious; but the receptionist didn't come out!Some people hurriedly looked for them, willingly took back the money and bought the full ticket themselves; some scolded them with stamped hands.They were just busy refunding the money according to their business cards without saying a word. ——What a sex!So everyone made three steps and two steps, and went to buy tickets by themselves; this crowd is no small matter!In addition to paying the fare, I also sweated profusely before I got a third-class ticket.At this time, the complaints against the two receptionists were really loud: "Such an idiot!" !” I guess the ears of the two receptionists should be a little hot at this time.In fact, I can forgive them, no matter how well they perform in entertaining, their eyes and legs are finally busy enough, and this is considered hospitality; ——After getting in the car, the car started; someone asked, "Are the two scumbags here?" "No!" The car started.

Two "Bow to its prosperity" On the evening of July 2nd, it took about one o'clock to buy a sign for the audience at the conference registration team.This logo is not beautiful, but quite useful.The opening ceremony of the annual meeting on the morning of July 3rd, I have to pay attention to it, and it all depends on it. On the morning of July 3rd, the rain poured down.The ceremony was held in the public lecture hall on Zhongzheng Street.The hall is six or seven miles away from where I live; but I finally braved the storm and went to the meeting by rickshaw.On this point, my enthusiasm is by no means inferior to that of members of the commune.

When I arrived at the gate of the venue, many cars and carriages had already parked; I knew this was indeed a grand ceremony.Walking into the venue, sitting down and watching carefully, everything is very calm, it seems that the time to leave the meeting is still far away! —Although the stipulated time has come.In the middle of the upstairs is the female guest seats, which seem to be very few; on both sides are the military and police seats—exactly the same as the two sides downstairs.A black policeman stood silently with a gray soldier between them.They probably didn't come to listen to the lecture, because they didn't have the member badge of Sai Ci, and there was no auditory sign like mine, and there was no real "seat"—seat. (The so-called "Military and Police Seats" by me is actually speaking. There was no such name in the field at that time, and the joint statement is made.) I heard that the governors of the military governors will "come" to the field; they were originally to protect the "two chiefs" They came here to spy on us, what an armed meeting place!

At that time, the "two leaders" had not yet arrived, and the grand meeting had not yet begun; we suddenly became students!A teacher-like lady came onto the stage, shining in front of the audience like a ray of light; she asked everyone to practice the song "Strive for China".Everyone stood up blankly and sang along with her.But "surprise, surprise", some people dare not sing it, and some people can't sing it.So when she finished singing, she smiled gently and said to everyone: "This time is too low, wait and sing again." She bowed lightly and left.After waiting for a while, she came again.After saying "One-Two-Three-Four", the singing of "Strive for China" really started loudly.She put her left hand in her waist, and waved her right hand up and down to indicate the beat; when waving her hand, her waist also tilted slightly to the left and right, showing a very soft curve; her head was slightly tilted to the right, and her lips were light. Moving lightly, above the lips, there is a smile.When she finished singing, she still smiled and said, "It's better, I'll sing again later." When she sang again, she clapped her hands to make a crisp sound, and the rest was the same as the previous one.After singing, she immediately asked everyone to sing "one-two-three-four".Everyone seemed shocked, as if she really saw everyone as a student; but after half a second of shock and impatience, they finally sang again—naturally, some people rested due to fatigue.And so our temporary school days came to an end.After a while, there was a sudden commotion in the venue, and everyone's eyes were focused on the northeast corner; this is Governor Qi, Governor Han is here, and it's really time for the meeting!

On the empty podium, there was a crowd of one at this time.There are three chairs in the middle, and a row of chairs on each side.The three people in the middle are Qi Xieyuan, Han Guojun, and a young man in a suit; after he gave a speech, he realized that he was the representative of the "High Supervisory Office"—that is, the taboo "Enhong".The three people sitting in the middle of the platform reminded me of the three Buddha statues on the Daxiong Hall; although they were sitting calmly, I was "frightened" for them for no reason. ——So the meeting was held, and it was carried out according to the order list.For the detailed situation, there are various newspapers to read, so there is no need to babble again.Now we only list the high-level discussions of Qi Xieyuan, Han Guojun, and Dr. Guo Bingwen, the president of Southeast University.After all, Qi Xieyuan is the military governor and patrol envoy, his voice is resonant; the field was also very quiet at that time——Qi Xieyuan is different after all!He really bites his words innocently; his words are "word-based", and he spits out word by word.I can't specify the time between words, I just feel that it is longer than ordinary people's speech; what surprised me and made me most anxious was after a few sentences were finished.At that time, I always thought that the second sentence should start, but I didn't know that the first one would not come, the second one would not come, and the third one would not come; he was singing, and there was a full rest here!After three waits and four beats, the first word of the second sentence came slowly.This was at least a minute; in subjective time, it was almost five minutes!After all, what exactly was he talking about?I respectfully replied: Half an article stereotyped!He split the topic "China Education Improvement Society" into four paragraphs by splitting characters: first, the word "education" is for the first section; secondly, "education improvement" is for the second section; "China Education Improvement" It is the third share; adding the word "she" is the fourth share.Progressively, as if he was promoted from a warlord to a tour envoy.Qi Xieyuan was originally a Lin Gong student, and this kind of articles was his specialty; only because of the reform of the times, it was inevitable that he had to improve it to adapt to the world; only four of the stereotyped essays remained, probably because of this.What taught me the most is the bow after he finished speaking.That bow was really different. When he bowed, his upper body was completely parallel to the podium, and we only saw his black hair; he then slowly stood up and retreated.It took an ordinary person three bows in the meantime, yes indeed.Then there is Han Jun.He has a meeting speech for the Improvement Society, which was distributed before the meeting.There was a section in it that talked about the current bad style of study, which was quite heartbreaking.I'd love to hear his opinion.But he never preached it as it was, and he had something else to say at this time.He also passed a lot of time; but I don't know whether it was because of my lack of energy or other reasons, I didn't understand what he meant.Only when he was in Shawei, he raised his throat, and I pricked up my ears, did I hear his aphorisms.He said: "The North and the South are not politically united now. You are here today, but there are both North and South, and they all take research and education as their career, and there is no distinction between them. It can be seen that unity depends on culture, not by force! ’ That last sentence was beautiful indeed, and earned thunderous applause and many minor admiration.He stepped back amid the applause.At this time, what we paid attention to was Qi Xieyuan, who was next to his elbow and armpit; unfortunately, my eyesight is not good, so I can't see the changes in his face, so I can't describe his mood in detail: it's a pity.So - it is the "so" of my writing, not the "so" of the facts, please pay attention - here comes Dr. Guo Bingwen.He said, I just remember him saying, "Young people's thoughts should be steady and correct." Someone next to me told me: "This is Qi Xieyuan's words." But I discovered that this is also Han Guojun's words, which is the speech said in.Whose words are they?Or is it "what the hero sees is roughly the same"?But I have to ask Dr. Guo himself.But I can't understand: what kind of thinking is correct and stable?Dr. Guo did not put footnotes in his speech, so I finally had no choice but to be unpredictable.

There is one more thing that must be remembered.Among the policemen who dotted the venue, there was a slender one who stood straight all the time, barely moving a step, like a stone statue, with a terrifying silence.I admire his head held high and hands hanging down; it was really hard for the three of them that day!Another police officer, also quite impressive.His fat body, protruding belly, hands that are always behind his back, slightly raised chin, high beard of Rendan, and numerous badges hanging on his chest - in the field that day, this The latter two were unique to him—both showed his status and pride.He wandered back and forth on the left side of the downstairs, as if he was supervising his subordinates.I can't forget him.

three third person On July A, the official meeting was held.In addition to the general meeting of members, there are many group meetings.We know that the General Assembly is nothing more than that, and it is the latter that deserves attention.Since I also became a Chinese teacher, I decided to join the Mandarin teaching group as an auditor.Unfortunately, after listening to it once, he fell ill and could not go again.The discussion that time was about "adopting his, her, and other cases" (to the effect, I forgot the original text); after two and a half hours of discussion, it was finally resolved without resolution.This discussion was finally extremely detailed and meticulous; during the discussion, there were quite a few heroes whose tongues were tumbling and their thoughts were surging, which made me suddenly enlightened and shook my head in admiration.This cannot be ignored.

In fact, I should first admire the person who proposed it!Now that everyone has "adopted" "he, she, it", he put forward this proposal calmly.In our country of etiquette and righteousness, no matter where, Mr. Time always asks for a step first; therefore, this proposal is not ignored because of his calmness, but is respected because of his calmness. This is the so-called "Ranging Virtue" .Let's look at the situation that day, who is not happy and enthusiastic?You can see the appeal of this proposal.In fact, the third-person pronouns in "New Literature" are too different!Not only the interuse of "she" and "yi", but also the difference between "she" and "it", as well as the flow of "can" and "that", jumping between them;Although the proposer is only for the sake of distinguishing "sex", the three characters specified all belong to the Ye character system, which seems to have the meaning of rectifying the name.If the word "Ye" system becomes orthodox in the future, the credit for creating it must go to the proposer.The proposer is as powerful as that, so how can people not admire such insights?

The central point of the discussion is the woman, that is, the word "she". The "person" made him stand, and the "bull" made him stand; the only thing that can't be spared is the "female" person, that is, the "female" person standing next to the word "she"!And so the debate begins.A teacher said, "According to my 'experience', female students don't always like the word 'she' - men's 'he' is marked next to the word 'person', while women's 'she' is marked with a special one." Next to the word "female", it shows that it is a woman; this is what they are displeased with! In the handouts I sent out, the word "he" on it, they often change the word next to the word "person" to the word "male", you can see their revenge Interesting." After hearing this, everyone smiled slightly, as if it was interesting.The other got up and retorted, "I also teach in a women's school, but there is no such situation!" Heigl's law is good, and the conciliation school came. The word "Yi" is like that of Mr. Zhou Zuoren; the word "she" is used for Huanxi in vernacular Chinese, and the word "Yi" is less used; in fact, the two characters are the same." "Hanxi in classical Chinese uses "Ii" words," this sentence is interesting!It is the truth to see the word "伊" occasionally in classical Chinese; but if it is said that those "伊" are all women, it will inevitably wrong many men!It is true that Mr. Zhou Zuoren advocated the use of the word "Yi", but it was only used in vernacular; I can guarantee that he never said anything "in classical Chinese"!Moreover, if advocating the use of the word "Yi" in classical Chinese is the same as advocating that people have two hands, why should Mr. Zhou advocate it?So Mr. Zhou was wronged again! —The conciliation finally failed, and a female teacher stood up.Everyone is waiting with all their ears, because this is their immediate problem, and there must be some accurate theories!She spoke very fast, and the only aphorism I heard was, "The characters with the word 'female' are always bad characters; the word 'she' should not be used!" A "he" immediately retorted, " Isn't the word 'good' next to the word 'female'?" Everyone laughed out loud amidst the laughter.Suddenly there was an old voice: "I think the word 'he' is like us ordinary people taking a third-class car; the word 'she' is added next to the word 'female', and they are invited to take a second-class car. What's wrong?" The hall was really buzzing, and several people laughed so brightly that their eyes were shining, and tears were almost coming out; it is really the so-called "tears in laughter".The subsequent situation was a bit vague, and it probably ended in a conversation; thus, the comedy scene was completed. The metaphor of "second-class car" and "third-class car" is really fresh, and it opens up a new situation for rhetoric, and it will keep my interest forever.In the past, Jia Baoyu said that men's bones are made of mud, and women's bones are made of water, which has been passed down to this day. Now our debaters have invented this metaphor of "second- and third-class cars". up.But there are exceptions to this "differentiation between second and third class" after all; the night I left Nanjing, I clearly saw three "shes" on the third class car!I thought: "Why doesn't "she" take the second-class car? Isn't it polite? - The debater's words should be good!

On July 14, 1924, Wenzhou. (Originally published in Issue 130 of "Literature Weekly", a supplement of "Current Affairs News" in 1924)